URIteacherknowledge - EDC 102H F13 2013-09-10

EDC 102H Introduction to American Education
Monday, September 9, 2013

Goal: Discuss Intro to Hope in the Unseen; Academic Autobiography Project

(03) While you are waiting:
- Did you see this video of what happened when a student, Hannah Nguyen, attended at a public meeting on education in LA last week?
- Here is the rest of Hannah's story .
- What questions do these page pose for you?
- Where are the activist voices that we should be following in Rhode Island?
(20) Suskind and Ravitch: What does it mean to be poor in an urban setting?
- Divide, Think, and Share: Suskind Ch 1&2
- When we say that poverty plays a role in education or "poverty should not be destiny," what do we mean based on Suskind's account?
- How does Cedric's educational context relate to the Ravitch essay we discussed on Friday?
- How does Cedric's educational context relate to your own?
(15) Introduction to Academic Autobiography Project
- Project Page
- Project Goals
- Project Requirements
- Wikispace Tour/Features
(10) Introduction of Personal Knowledge Management
- Resources at www.EvernoteAtURI.wikispaces.com
- Use tutorials 1 and 2 to install Evernote and Evernote web clipper.
- Demo: The clipper in action!
(02) Close
- What did you learn today?
- HW

Read Hope in the Unseen, pp. 44-76
To learn more about expertise, read: The 10,000 Hour Rule?
Write a 2-3 page description of an area of personal expertise. Please post your essay in the appropriate URITK page.
PKM
- Open an Evernote (free) account.
- Install Evernote and the Evernote Clipper on your computer.
- Install Evernote on your smartphone.
- Clip some Education-related news/blogs/ etc that catch your eye. Can't find any? Look here: Education News